What's the difference between malleolar and malleolus?
Malleolar
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to the malleolus; in the region of the malleoli of the ankle joint.
Example Sentences:
(1) Subjective and objective parameters after the treatment of malleolar fractures were studied in 116 patients during a five-year-period.
(2) Of four patients who were treated between May 1985 and November 1987 and who had both a lateral malleolar fracture and a tear of the lateral ligaments of the ipsilateral ankle, three could be followed.
(3) Shortening of the distal fibula after malleolar fracture is accompanied with important alterations of the biomechanics and the compressive forces of the ankle joint.
(4) The study is concerned with 11 cases of open supra-malleolar fractures involving both bones.
(5) Principal elements of this technique are an improvement of the bony containment of the tendons within the shallowed, malleolar sulcus and the use of the outer layer of the dislocation pouch as superior retinaculum.
(6) Isolated lateral malleolar displacement does not appear to cause ankle instability.
(7) The authors consider the problem of management of malleolar fractures with a special reference to B and C types of fractures by Weber.
(8) The significant parameters are the talo-crural angle, residual malleolar displacement, the integrity of the syndesmosis, and obesity.
(9) The malleolar systolic pressure index is of highest diagnostic importance in identifying the occlusive lesion, whatever its type.
(10) In tibia and fibula fractures the classification of Weber for malleolar fractures is not valuable.
(11) Anterior ankle dislocations without concomitant malleolar fractures are rare injuries.
(12) When considering plastic procedures in the malleolar region, it is crucial to remember the special characteristics of this area.
(13) Dislocation of the ankle without accompanying malleolar fracture has been regarded as a rare lesion, with few cases reported in the literature.
(14) This case represents the first such report of a severed posterior tibial tendon in the absence of a medial malleolar fracture and reemphasizes the importance of critically evaluating intraoperative radiographs following the open reduction and internal fixation of closed ankle fractures to assess the possibility of soft tissue interposition.
(15) It initially and especially affected the periphery of the cartilage sheets and the boundaries between the central and malleolar articulation territories.
(16) The pedicled flaps most commonly used are the instep island flap, the lateral supra-malleolar flap and the cross-leg flap.
(17) Between 1984 and 1987, 63 patients with isolated closed malleolar fractures underwent open reduction and internal fixation using standard AO techniques.
(18) Patients with haemodynamically effective disturbances of the arterial blood supply of the vessels of the leg have on the malleolar artery a by more than 10 Torr lower blood pressure than on the brachial artery.
(19) Prophylaxis with loading doses of dicloxacillin (3 patients) and benzylpenicillin (5 patients) has been used preoperatively for malleolar fractures treated in a standardized manner.
(20) The tracer depot was applied on the medial aspect of the right lower leg 10 cm proximal to the malleolar level by means of the epicutaneous, atraumatic labeling technique.
Malleolus
Definition:
(n.) A projection at the distal end of each bone of the leg at the ankle joint. The malleolus of the tibia is the internal projection, that of the fibula the external.
(n.) " A layer, " a shoot partly buried in the ground, and there cut halfway through.
Example Sentences:
(1) Five cases of mycetoma of bone involving patella, shaft of tibia, medial malleolus, calcaneum and phalanx of great toe are presented.
(2) We assessed the function of the posterior malleolus, the anterior tibiofibular ligament, and the fibula with regard to posterior stability of the talus in ten ankles of cadavera.
(3) A prospective randomized investigation of early versus late weight bearing in 46 patients with fracture of the lateral malleolus was performed.
(4) Fifty-nine Salter-Harris III and IV lesions of the medial malleolus, Tillaux fractures, and triplane fractures were examined after 9 (3-32) years to assess the frequency of late symptoms, deformity, joint incongruity, and secondary arthrosis.
(5) We suggest that the possibility of a stress fracture be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients who present with 1) chronic or subacute pain over the medial malleolus and ankle effusion, and 2) a history of running activity at the time of injury or running activities aggravating the pain.
(6) The stimulation of the N. tibialis was affected at the Malleolus medialis using surface electrodes; the derivation was likewise conducted according to the ten-twenty system using surface electrodes.
(7) Two patients developed a complete fracture of the medial malleolus.
(8) A case report on an obviously rare combined injury of a fracture of the malleolus medialis and a traumatic dislocation of a peroneal tendon at the left ankle joint in a female patient of 20 years of age.
(9) The pain is the result of compression of the peroneal tendons or abutment between the calcaneus and the lateral malleolus.
(10) Authors describe the operative treatment of a tangential tissue defect with severe crush in the region of the external malleolus.
(11) A branch of the sciatic nerve was stimulated with voltage impulses of constant amplitude (40 V) and duration (0.1 msec) at the right external malleolus.
(12) This is achieved by inserting the outer layer underneath a dorsally displaced, bony lamella of the outer malleolus.
(13) The diagnosis of bony lesions of the medial malleolus might be easy by X-ray, but ligament lesions of the medial ankle joint can be diagnosed easily too be using the stress X-ray controlling the medial talar tilt as a sign of medial instability.
(14) This condition can be corrected by osteotomizing the lateral malleolus and restoring the integrity of the distal tibiofibular joint by pulling the lateral malleolus distally and internally rotating it.
(15) The signs and symptoms were a tender nodule behind the medial malleolus and a "trigger toe" as well as pain radiating up the lower leg.
(16) In the CIT group, vibratory perception threshold (VPT) of the great toe and the medial malleolus deteriorated, as did heart rate variation (HRV) at rest, at deep breathing (.05 less than P less than .06), and at standing.
(17) All were located in the subchondral bone adjacent to a joint and most frequently involved the hip, the ankle (medial malleolus), the knee and the carpal bones.
(18) We have also used this flap to cover defects around the medial malleolus without any delay (extended lateral calcaneal artery island flap).
(19) An anatomical study of the medial malleolus and the deltoid ligament of the ankle on fresh and formalin preserved legs of cadavera and amputation specimens has been carried out.
(20) Clinical and radiological features of 16 horses with fractures of the lateral malleolus of the tibia are reported.